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TimestampWhat do you already understand about the text based on the title, author, text type, publisher, publication date?What guiding questions did you use to help you mark details on the text?Write two (number them) solid and thoughtful text-specific questions below that will help focus our analysis of the text on key details. What are the first names of everyone in your group?Which period?
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11/21/2013 8:47:16It's about the harvests in fields, it's a non-fiction by John Steinbeck, Non-fiction, N/A, 1936. A gypsy is a person from Romania that moves around a lot and has suffered from discrimination throughout Europe. #yolo #thuglifeWhat do I learn about the topic as I read?
What words or phrases are powerful or unique?		Why is this family in this situation?
Why would they continue to try to have babies?
Zane, Jesus, Dalia, EvelynFirst Period
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11/21/2013 8:47:56We understand that it's going to be about a gypsie that harvestWhat stands out to me as i first examine this text? 1) Why are they poor ? What happened?
2) Why dont the parents try to get in a better position?		Vanessa , Aidet, Austin, LuisFirst Period
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11/21/2013 8:48:21According to the title of this fine article written By: John Steinbeck, We predict it will be about Harvest Gypsies. Which we looked up and gypsies are people who travel in a group, and traditionally live by work. What words or phrases stand out to me as i read this text?1)Why are they in this position in the first place?
2) Why are the parents not trying to do anything to better their, and their childrens health?		Alfredo (chicken i like chicken) , Tiffany, Jaci , cristobalFirst Period
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11/21/2013 8:49:34That it's based off of a true sight. That this is going to be a passage about real life and how people deal through tough times when have only a little. I also know that Gypsies move around a lot so the clue my group is getting off the title is that harvest means crops and growing food. My group thinks this is going to be a passage about people moving around to find crops to eat or find places to plant crops.- What do I think the text is mainly about?
- What is the author's personal relationship to the topic or themes?		 - What does the author mean when he says, "sullen anger"?
- What was John Steinbeck's purpose to visiting the Gypsies?		Sarah, Tayler, Sabrina, and RonaldoFirst Period
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11/21/2013 8:49:37we know its based on close relationships with people from camps looking for jobs. Also, the author is John Stienback and from the tittle we know that its about people who harvest.What stands out to me as i first examine the text? What words or phrases stand out to me as i read? Who is the intended audience for this text? What is the authors personal relationship to the topic? why doesn't the father attempt to get a new job?
why do they have so many baby's if they know they can't take care of them? 		Rosa, Jackie, Enrique, TristonFirst Period
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11/21/2013 8:49:44It might be about poor migrant workers from the 1930's.What words or phrases are powerful or unique?1. Why did the father give up his desire to talk?

2. How did they lose everything?		Aidan Kennedy, Maria Tsoni, yasmin fernandez,jose rodriguezFirst Period
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11/21/2013 8:50:47The book was published in the seven parts of the san francisco news.It was published between october 5th. The title of the story is the harvest gypsies.The story is non fiction.
What details are most important to the overall meaning of the text?
What words or phrases stand out to me when I read the text?
#1: What happened to this family that devastated their lives?
#2: Why are the parents not trying to find food to take care of their children?		oscar,gianaa,austin,kevinFirst Period
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11/21/2013 8:53:40its about a family that moves around family of a farmer. 1936 in the year if the dust bowl.what information/ideas are described in detail.why doesn't the father talk any more why did he loose all hope, strength, and will? also why did the mother loose all will and cleanliness and how did it get drained and has no energy?tyler lorenzenFirst Period
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11/21/2013 11:14:22What we understand about this text is what the gypsies have gone through/went through in past or the present. We also know that this has happened during the great depression and people from the dustbowl.what words or phrases stand out to us in this text?What does Steinbeck mean when he says they are the middle class of the squatter camp?
Also why does he say that the women has a far-away look of a sleep walkers eye?		jake,Tyler,berny,carlosFifth Period
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11/21/2013 11:09:37Seeing the title of the text "The Harvest Gypsies", we can understand that gypsies are known for being migratory selling things, like caravans .We can kind of guess that they are migratory farmers selling crops.What do the author's words cause me to see or feel?

What word or phrases stand out to me as i read?

Where is the author from and how will that affect the text? 		When the author says,"and the little black fruit flies buzz in circles and land on his closed eyes and crawl up his nose until he weakly brushes them away.", The author puts the image of a dead child in my head. Why does he want to say that even though he is alive he seems lifeless? He makes it look like they have given up.miriam, claire, zak, tatiannaThird Period
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11/21/2013 11:10:41that it has to do with harvest , probaly its a family of gypsies . it might be of a family during the harvest ,how is this text organized ?1. Why is the family suffering like this so much ?

2. Why does this family seem to have kids yet they are not able to raise or take care of them ?		damian jesus josh carlosThird Period
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11/21/2013 11:11:07Traveling harvesters,based on steinbeck it may be about down trodden people,takes place during the great depressionWhat information or details are presented at the beginning of the text? What do i think this text is mainly about?1)What does Steinbeck mean by dignity is all gone and spirit has turned to sullen anger before it dies? 2)Why cant the man make 400 dollars a year anymore? 3)Why cant the father fight clear of the dullness that has settled on him?Blake Miles Brenna JairoThird Period
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11/21/2013 11:11:28ts about a family. The harvest gypsies. Macarena said this.How is the text organized?Why is the family living in such penury?
What is the family going to do to fix this?		Olivia Macarena Victor AustinThird Period
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11/21/2013 11:12:48We already know that it is going to be about gypsies. We know that it might take place in Romania because the gypsy thing started there but he is an american author.1. What words or phrases stand out to me as I read?

2. What do the author's words cause me to see or feel?		1. Why does the author state that "After it was born and she had seen that it was dead, the mother rolled over and lay still for two days"?

Andrew, Andrea, Lexi, DejaThird Period
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11/21/2013 13:34:18They are farmers that lost their, jobs, land, money due to a drought and the great depression. Gypsy are members of a traveling people with dark skin and hair who speak Romany.What information/ideas are presented at the beginning of the text.
How is this text organized.		1. They are a family of 6 a man, his wife, and four children. They live in a small tent on the ground wit one mattress.

2. Paragraph format		Alexander Haroutiounian, Alex Manriquez, Roman Reyes, Marisol ReysFifth Period
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11/21/2013 13:56:35the text is about gypsies and gypsies is a type of life stylewhat do i learn about the topic as read?1.how did they end up with nothing?
2.how did they end up with the tent?		Jasmine,Malaiah,Jesus,MattFifth Period
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11/21/2013 13:57:23The book The Harvest Gypsy, the author is John Ernst Steinbeck, Jr.
We think the book is probably about gypsies.
The publisher is Simon J. Lubin Society in 1938.
Was originally published 7 times in a San Francisco news paper.
John Ernst Steinbeck, Jr. died on December 20th.

Why am I reading this text?
What stands out to me as I first examine this text.		1.) How are any of them still alive?
2.) Why does the woman continue to get pregnant knowing that her child is very likely to come out dead, if not, she will not be able to produce the milk to feed it.		Ashley, Luis, Kaitlyn, SammyFifth Period
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11/21/2013 13:57:25They are a member of a traveling people with dark skin and hair who speak Romany and traditionally live by seasonal work.How is the text organized?
What information/details are presented at the beginning of the text?		Why are they poor?
Why are they in a camp?		Alexander, Alex, Roman, MarisolFifth Period
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11/21/2013 13:57:35the story is going to be about gypsies.what stands out to me as i first examine the text

what do i think this text is mainly about		1.how are they living there lives?

alex,patrick,jose,estefanyFifth Period
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11/21/2013 13:57:37The Harvest Gypsies, John Steinbeck, October 5 and October 12, 1936. Gypsies, an English term for Romani and other groups with a traditionally non - sedentary lifestyle.What stands out to me as i first examine this text?
What words or phrases stand out to me as i read?		1) What does taciturn mean in the text?
2) How did the family end up living in the horrible condition that they are forced to live in now?		Emily, Samantha, chui, joseFifth Period
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